March 7, 2006
11 Pairs of Socks!
I promised happier stuff for today, and if there's anything happier in knitting than socks, I just don't know what it is! This evening I finally got my Family Sock Challenger list up to date. My apologies for taking so long on updating the list with new names and new socks. I hope I've gotten everyone who emailed me. My plan is to update this list once a week, and share everyone's progress and pictures and links to the finished projects. Feel free to leave me a comment here or drop me an email.
Here's the updated list of participants:
Annie
Socks for son Luke finished!
Heatherly
Socks for Baby finished!
Lora
Opal Dreamcatcher Socks for Mom finished!
Jaywalkers for Sister started.
Maud
Regia Silk Socks for Her Son
Michelle H-K
Michelle K
Blue Socks for Daughter Kathryn finshed!
Jacquard Socks for Daughter Lindsey finished!
Starting green socks for Son Ian
Polly
Twin Jaywalkers for her Twin Boys finished!
Tish
Socks for 3rd daughter finished!
Traci
Welcome to Carole, Caryn, Maud, both Nancys, Polly and Wendy! I'm glad to have you all knitting along with me. Quite a few new pairs of socks entered the picture, too! Heatherly finished socks for her baby, Maud finished some gorgeous socks for her son out of Regia Silk (click on the link above to check them out), Michelle K finished some Jacquard socks for her daughter Lindsey and Polly just polished off two pairs of Jaywalkers for her twin boys. That's definitely a lot of socks!
Michelle K also finished a pair of blue socks for her daughter Kathryn last week and she sent me some pictures to show off both her daughters and their new socks. I particularly liked this one:
Clearly this woman is happy about her new socks. It's hard for me not to smile when I look at this photo.
As to me, I'm making little bits of progress here and there. The green Dragon Scale sock has passed the heel and I've got my Dad's UMich socks a bit past the ribbed cuff.
And there's always room for one more! So if you want to knit along, let me know. I'm beginning to think that I should come up with a button for this... just to give y'all a little more flash for your efforts.
Hi, I would love to participate in your family sock challenge. I'm on the verge of finishing a pair for my grandmother, and have plans to make socks for mom, dad, and my grandfather as well. Thanks! Jess
I'm actually getting ready to . . . gasp . . . knit a pair of socks! Can't remember when I last knitted a pair. I wonder if I remember how? ;-)
Maybe I should join. I've already finished 3 pairs of socks this year, all of which were for family members, and the next pair currently on the needles is for a family member too!
Finished: Socks for Mom, my daughter, and my daughter-to-be (due in July). On the needles is a pair for my MIL, and then the next pair will be for my SIL-to-be (getting married to my BIL in October). After that...no concrete plans yet, but probably my other SILs will be on the list.
That's a great finished socks picture!
I love your idea of knitting everyone in the family socks, but I can only think of one person that I think would appreciate socks as gifts. I believe most of the rest would be as thrilled about them as if I sent them a package of underwear.
And, I can hardly blame them... that was kind of the way I felt about it when I first started reading blogs and noticing people knitting socks "What? You can buy a whole package of them for less than the yarn for a nice pair that you have to make yourself costs."
U of M socks!
I must get some of that yarn! My DH is a UofM grad, and I've been itching to knit him some socks! He'd love it. Could you sent me the link/address of where I could find it?
Thanks!
(ps. Maybe my Muffin and Syd are cavorting together chasing bees in kitty-land together now. The thought makes me smile. Hugs.)
Hey, I've finished two socks for my mom - they're just different sizes! I'll be frogging one soon....
*sigh* If only my loved ones would -appreciate- hand-knit socks.
Oh well. More for me.
Sending a huge cyber hug to the queen of socks and her consort.
Take care.
x